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A.I. & The Image of the Beast in Revelation 13 — John Lennox

John Lennox contrasts secular AI optimism with the biblical worldview, asserting that superintelligence already exists in God—the creative Word—who spoke the universe into being, making mind primary over a derivative physical reality, unlike materialist assumptions where matter precedes everything else. Humans, made in God's image per Genesis, embody linked intelligence, consciousness, and conscience—qualities AI mimics superficially (like self-driving cars programmed with borrowed morality) but cannot replicate, as consciousness remains an unsolved barrier and morality becomes subjective without divine grounding; he cites MIT Christian researcher Rosalind Picard's warning that freer machines demand stronger moral standards. Lennox critiques transhumanist quests for immortality and "Homo Deus" (man becoming god), like Yuval Noah Harari's visions, as echoes of Eden's forbidden Tree of Life, from which God barred disobedient humanity, contrasting this with Christianity's incarnational "God-man" in Jesus Christ—the Word made flesh, risen and ascended—offering immediate divine upgrade through faith, transforming sinners into God's children with eternal life. He highlights cultural parodies of biblical truth, like AGI hopes for enhancement, urging believers to proclaim this accessible reality amid AI hype. Turning prophetic, Lennox links 2 Thessalonians 2's "man of lawlessness"—a Satan-empowered rebel exalting himself as God, with deceptive signs—to MIT physicist Max Tegmark's AGI scenarios (cyborgs, protector/en-slaved gods, or AI takeover), especially "Prometheus" enabling cosmic control via total surveillance, mirroring Revelation 13's beast (human, numbered 666) deceiving earth-dwellers into animating its speaking image, enforcing worship and economic exclusion via right-hand marks—imagery (per C.S. Lewis) veiling stark reality, already nascent in systems like China's social credit AI, urging serious heed to these ancient warnings amid modern trends like emperor deification in Paul's era. Yet hope prevails in "divine upgrade phase two": 1 Corinthians 15's instantaneous resurrection transformation at Christ's return, where perishable flesh dons imperishable immortality, transcending bioengineering promises. #AI #Revelation #Beast #God #Intelligence #Consciousness #Morality #Genesis #HomoDeus #Incarnation #Jesus #Antichrist #EndTimes #666 #Immortality #Resurrection #Faith #Transhumanism #Apologetics #Lennox